Folding chair



T.. G. MELISH FOLDING cHAi'R June 24, 1930.

Filed Oct. 21; 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l June 24, 1930. T. G. MELISH= LiIGSfifi FOLDING CHAIR Filed 001;. 21. 71926 2 sheew sh a c.

AHORNEY I Pate n ted Julie e H 7 TEOMASGEMELIS 01: cINcI NN TImHI o,Aseie R 011 31: BRQMWELL' wmfiifiodbs' COMPANY, OF MIGHI AN GI Z ;I1\ T 1 1\IA,: A CORPORATION OF 1wa typemmin which, while folding, has gbeen particularly designed with an object in view of produc- I ing a chair, whiehis remarkablyiight, which J 'is very. strong',v ;which maybe folded into a 1 Compact fOTmywhichfismiotpbly comfortable when in use, which isjsi-mple to' mo'ye from].

f fielded to ,eexpandedifco icliiaien and-Jbac'k again, w quit h fie P 0 1 l6,1-an in which" the seat as I Well 1 as the "back are flexible t6 conform to thelghfape f thefoc'cu- II I II I I I I pand li o di mb eekb ia e.flew ch 'exte rid'sibetweelifhe upper poftibnsfof-tiiei I f emo ed and re;- 7 Placed r p si f renewal, l underin I 0 repairg -I j 1 (j These and other objeti ar afi the hairdescri ed n win P v ti n a illustratedkifi. ti I acdqmp fiyi gdrawings, in which Fig. 1 is perspeetivefrol lt;View"of a o ch i dy ,my i i f bim 1 I Fig; 2. 1 a perspective back "View of the ge 'cha'irsh0Wnin Fig.11

Fig; 13 is'aperspectiv'e View I I partially foldedieondition of'thefehair;

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and min fest will be desfcl' ibedgf fThe ffn'e Fig, Tris, wveptiealfcrbss sectio n' ltaken asjlbilgitudinlly 9f"the-seatpoi'tioiiih Fig. 1. 3 I V II I vetailly jOinedfdt epoinpm a'hd 8 midwjey of I 1" th rearfl egs 9' and; 10pm f the front legs d'12of the IiGSPQQ YQEQ aDgE 6 Gr ss V bars 13 and 1 4 at theitqps Toftherespeetiye rectangles extend; 'jfjg'jingffont t0,-1{ea,1" I and for mfthe supportsftq Which -the side edges of-the 'seat 7 fabric 1512mm attached; The bot H H l .tbm bars 16 andll'? dfftheffepecfiire"fectan;

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